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Hopefully it's nothing. Swings are common when you have a virus - even very large swings. If his doctors actually think it could be a reaction to the flu shot (e.g., he got the shot but immune system is too weak to mount a response to it), luckily Tamiflu is able to help fight the flu and maybe you can suggest that he be put on it. My son got the actual flu over Christmas. His doctors immediately put him on Tamiflu since his Aplastic Anemia is actually set off by upper respiratory viruses. He handled the flu much better than expected. We actually haven't checked his blood counts again because he looks better than he did before the he got the flu (we're on a 3 month schedule now.). He got a cold a few weeks later that actually made him look paler than the flu did but he recovered from that, too. I think if you do actually think that the flu virus "got stuck" and is driving down his numbers, Tamiflu would be a good option to try.
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